AFTERNOON. TROOPERS SAY THE CRASH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION. NEW TONIGHT, GEORGE ZIMMERMAN IS NOW AT THE CENTER OF YET ANOTHER CONTROVERSY. THIS TIME, IT'S OVER A LOCAL GUN SHOW. TONIGHT, THE GUN SHOW MAY BE CANCELED BECAUSE ZIMMERMAN WAS GOING TO MAKE AN APPEARANCE. SHAUN CHAIYABHAT IS LIVE OUTSIDE OF THE MAJESTIC EVENT CENTER IN ORLANDO. SO, SHAUN, THE ORGANIZERS ARE SAYING THAT THE PLACE DOESN'T WANT ZIMMERMAN COMING TO THE SHOW? YEAH, THAT'S THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT. TAKE A LOOK RIGHT HERE. YOU CAN SEE H SIGN. IT SIEWACTUALLY SAYS THAT THE GUN SHOW IS ON FOR THE WEEKEND. I JUST TALKED TO THE GUN SHOW ORGANIZERS, HE TELLS ME THE MA JEMAJESTIC SPACE CANCELED BECAUSE THEY DO NOT WANT GEORGE ZIMMERMAN HERE. POSTING THIS PICTURE ON FACEBOOK WITH GEORGE ZIMMERMAN, IT SET OFF CONTROVERSY AND SOME QUESTIONABLE COMMENTS. AND IT'S EXACTLY THAT KIND OF POLARIZING DEBATE THAT CAUSED THIS EVENT SPACE, MAJESTIC, TO CANCEL A WEEKEND GUN SHOW FEATURING ZIMMERMAN. WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE MAJESTIC, THEY DECIDED TO CANCEL THE EVENT BECAUSE GEORGE ZIMMERMAN WAS MAKING AN APPEARANCE. A TWITTER COUNTY GEORGE ZIMMERMAN HAS USED BEFORE, A COMPANY BOWING TO THREATS OF BEING RACIST. AMERICANS GIVE THEM YOUR OPINION. A YEAR-CONTRACT WITH THE MAJESTIC BUT ONLY RECENTLY ASKED ZIMMERMAN TO BE THE FEATURED GUEST. ONCE PROMOTIONS SPREAD, SO CAME THE CONTROVERSY. THE EVENT CENTER ASKED TO US DO A FEW THINGS WHEN THEY FOUND OUT MR. ZIMMERMAN WAS PRESENT. PULL DOWN POSTS, PULL DOWN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE THERE. WE DID ALL OF THAT WHEN THEY ASKED US TO DO THAT. THEY RESCHEDULED THE EVENT. THEN THEY LATER WENT ON TO CANCEL IT AGAIN AFTER WE COLLIDE WITH ALL OF THEIR REQUESTS. NOW, IF THE SHOW REMAINS CANCELED, HE AND ABOUT 100 GUN DEALERS COULD STAND TO LOSE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. THAT IS WHY GUN SHOW ORGANIZERS PLAN TO GO TO COURT TOMORROW MORNING TO TRY TO FIGHT THIS AND TRY TO KEEP THIS SHOW GOING. NOW, I HAVE CALLED THE MAJESTIC AND HAVE ALSO E-MAILED TWO OF ITS MANAGERS. HAVE NOT YET HEARD ANY REPLIES. USUALLY PEOPLE HAVE A CONTRACT FOR AN EVENT LIKE THIS WITH THE EVENT SPACE. WILL SOMEONE BE BREAKING THAT CONTRACT? YES, THEY DO HAVE A CONTRACT. IT WAS A YEAR-LONG CONTRACT. THAT'S WHAT THIS HEARING IS GOING TO BE ABOUT TOMORROW, TO TRY TO SORT ALL OF THIS OUT. I AM TOLD FROM THE GUN SHOW ORGANIZERS THAT HIS CONTRACT SAYS NOTHING ABOUT WHO CAN AND

ORLANDO, Fla. -

A local gun show with about 100 vendors may be canceled after the event space learned the organizers had invited George Zimmerman to be a featured guest.

The sign outside The Majestic at 801 North John Young Parkway implies this weekend's gun show is still on. Organizers for "The New Orlando Gun Show" told Local 6 The Majestic canceled their event late Thursday.

"We've had discussions with The Majestic and they decided to cancel the event because George Zimmerman was making an appearance," said Mike Piwowarski, who organized the gun show.

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The gun show organizers recently posted on their Facebook page a picture posing with Zimmerman, but the online comments that followed the picture sparked a controversial debate. It's exactly that kind of polarizing debate that caused The Majestic to shy away from allowing Zimmerman at the event.

A Twitter account that Zimmerman has used before tweeted, "another company bowing to threats of being labeled racist. Americans, give them your opinion."

"The New Orlando Gun Show" organizers said they have had a year-long contract with The Majestic, but only recently asked Zimmerman to be the featured guest. Promotions for his attendance created controversy.

"The event center asked us to do a few things when they found out Mr. Zimmerman was present; pull down posts, pull down announcement that he was going to be there. We did all of that when they asked us to do it. They rescheduled the event. Then they later went on to cancel it again, after we complied with all of their requests," said Piwowarski.

If the show remains canceled, Piwowarski and about 100 gun dealers could stand to lose thousands of dollars, which is why gun show organizers plan to go to court tomorrow to try to keep the event running. Piwowarski said his contract said nothing about who can and cannot attend.

Local 6 called and emailed managers at The Majestic but no one has replied.

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